Deviling director Michael Sharpe with actor Catherine Trail of Monomaniacal.
Welcome back to another edition of Scary Movie Saturday here at Mutantville.com. This week, we’re featuring the latest work from our horror filmmaking cohort in crime – the very talented Michael Sharpe. Deviling tells the tale of mortician Ronald and his attempts to reunite with his estranged girlfriend. It’s a story that hits close to the heart for a lot of us and believe me when I say the ending will make you shiver in fear. Well you won’t have to wait for the Nevermore Film Festival to see Deviling when you can watch it right here!
So what are you waiting for? Indie horror is alive and well and you can watch Deviling streaming online – right now – for free! It’s Deviling on Scary Movie Saturday!
Chinese New Year is this Monday, so we focus on A Chinese Ghost Story or Sien nui yau wan this week. A Chinese Ghost Story was directed by Siu-Tung Ching and stars Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang, Ma Wu and Elvis Tsui. You may notice that Elvis Tsui was in last week’s focus The Seventh Curse. He’s a busy guy…he’s been in 120 films and TV series. The original novel for A Chinese Ghost Story was written by Songling Pu and was adapted for screen by Gai Chi Yuen, who is also known for The Legend of Drunken Master with Jackie Chan and Once Upon a Time in China with Jet Li.
This week on the Indie Filmmaker Spotlight we are featuring a panel from ConCarolinas 2011. The Mutantville Players were honored to be a part of a panel that featured not only legendary scream queen Brinke Stevens, but local filmmakers such as Christine Parker, Michael Ray Williams, Robert W. Filion, and Jaysen Buterin of Mad Ones Films. Topics discussed included everything from filmmaking to networking to how to promote in the digital age. We had some technical difficulties which delayed this video in post but we decided to go ahead and share it with you all anyway.
Hot Pink Jesus Act III: Have Faith Will Travel from Mad Ones Films
This week on Trailer Park Tuesday – Hot Pink Jesus is here to save us all with the trailer to his latest cinematic effort. Yes, we’re talking about the latest titanic celluloid outing from the infamous Mad Ones Films of Greensboro North Carolina - Hot Pink Jesus Act III: Have Faith, Will Travel. The Mad Ones films play like the a nightmarish blend of Tarantino and Rodriguez from an alternate taco-filled reality. If you’re into grindhouse, grease and tacos – then Hot Pink Jesus is the cinematic savoiur that you’re looking for.
Don’t take my word for it – let’ hear what the Mad Ones of the wasteland have to say about it:
A gringo whose cozy little job with the Mexican mob went awry, a failed actor and dejected athlete living in the past, a stripping diva with criminal delusions of grandeur, and a prodigal son with something to prove. Unbeknownst to them, they’re all after the same get-rich-quick fix. However, the one man standing in their way doesn’t feel like letting go of his lucky streak just quite yet.
Enter Faith. When a disturbing revelation leads to a life-changing decision, Faith suddenly finds herself plunged headfirst into a shady world of booze, bullets, extortion, larceny and lawn darts. Her only chance for survival is being at the wrong place at the right time because in a world gone mad, bad and dangerous to know, sometimes the only thing that can save you is a little faith.
“I have always had different aspects to my personality. I think I’m a long-term pessimist and a short-term optimist. I do feel a great darkness about humanity. But — simultaneously and contradictorily — I also feel that life can be pretty fabulous. I should also express some of that in my work; I don’t want to limit myself as a filmmaker. I want to be true to the parameters of all films. They should create a mood and tingle you emotionally. That is what I’m after. I want the audience to experience some feeling. I want them to know they’re alive.” ~~John Carpenter
Be sure to check back to Mutantville.com this Friday when we release our exclusive interview with John Carpenter. You can watch it free online right here on Mutantville.com.
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Stanley Kubrick directs Malcolm McDowell on A Clockwork Orange.
“One of the things that gave me the most confidence in trying to make a film was seeing all the lousy films that I saw. Because I sat there and thought, Well, I don’t know a goddamn thing about movies, but I know I can make a film better than that.” ~~Stanley Kubrick
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Several of this year’s selections for the Fright Night Film Fest have come from MVP’s stomping ground of North Carolina! We thought we’d give a quick shout out to our fellow Carolinian filmmakers by sharing their trailers with you! So without further ado here are the trailers for Michael Sharpe’s Monomaniacal, Desdemona 6 from Last Call Pictures, Hot Pink Jesus from Mad Ones Films, and Ghost Trek from Michael Plumides and Robert Filion.
“I don`t want to be in the mainstream. I don`t want to be a part of the demographics. I want to be an individual. I wear each of my films as a badge of pride. That`s why I cherish all my bad reviews. If the critics start liking my movies, then I`m in deep trouble.” ~~John Carpenter
Check out John Carpenter’s latest film The Ward now playing on VOD. Come meet John Carpenter at this year’s Fright Night Film Fest in Kentucky on July 22 – 24th.
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That’s the tagline to the new haunted house horror film from the producer of Paranormal Activity and writer and director of SAW – Insidious. James Wan directs this tight little spookshow about a young family trying to cope with the effects of unwanted supernatural presences in their lives.
Be on the lookout for a nice supporting role from ghost assault survivor Barbara Hershey (The Entity) as the supportive mother that calls in the psychic to help out. Insidious pays homage to all of the great haunted house films of the past and keeps the audience jumping and guessing from beginning to end. Streebo gives Insidious a 7 out of 10 on the Streebo Scream-o-meter. Go see it while you can!
Check out my full review below.
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or Sien nui yau wan this week. A Chinese Ghost Story was directed by Siu-Tung Ching and stars Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang, Ma Wu and Elvis Tsui. You may notice that Elvis Tsui was in last week’s focus The Seventh Curse. He’s a busy guy…he’s been in 120 films and TV series. The original novel for A Chinese Ghost Story was written by Songling Pu and was adapted for screen by Gai Chi Yuen, who is also known for The Legend of Drunken Master with Jackie Chan and Once Upon a Time in China with Jet Li. 
